The first heatwaves of the season reveal how ill-prepared governments across the continent are to protect people from increasingly dangerous temperatures
Take schools for example. We do know that high temperatures really keep people from learning. Try some math in 30°C+ weather. We know that grades on exams are worse when the temperatures are higher. We are keeping our children 10+ years in school. We are investing a lot in them, are building schools, paying teachers, providing school busses and so on. And then they are sitting in the heat unable to learn anything
True. During the most recent heat wave a few days ago, I spent one day working from home where I use a lot of passive cooling measures, keeping the temperature down to below 24°C, and one day in the office where the air got so bad that we had to open the windows so that temperatures rose to 28°C.
It’s just 4°C more, but my productivity, motivation and concentration plummeted hard. It’s a entirety different game.
Take schools for example. We do know that high temperatures really keep people from learning. Try some math in 30°C+ weather. We know that grades on exams are worse when the temperatures are higher. We are keeping our children 10+ years in school. We are investing a lot in them, are building schools, paying teachers, providing school busses and so on. And then they are sitting in the heat unable to learn anything
True. During the most recent heat wave a few days ago, I spent one day working from home where I use a lot of passive cooling measures, keeping the temperature down to below 24°C, and one day in the office where the air got so bad that we had to open the windows so that temperatures rose to 28°C.
It’s just 4°C more, but my productivity, motivation and concentration plummeted hard. It’s a entirety different game.
Exactly, the kids are yearning for the mines /s